Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2009-04-30
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
Crystals and quasicrystals can be characterized by an order that is a purely geometric property of an instantaneous configuration, independent of particle dynamics or interactions. Glasses, on the other hand, are ostensibly amorphous arrangements of particles. A natural and long-standing question has been whether they too have, albeit in a hidden way, some form of geometric order. Here we define a coherence length that applies to systems which are typically characterized as amorphous, as well as to those that are conventionally ordered. We argue that the divergence of such a length is consistent with current theories of the `ideal' glass transition.
Kurchan Jorge
Levine Dov
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